Reply With QuoteIf you go aftermarket your options are wide open as any number of radios
will fit your dash. As far as wiring you can get wiring adapters from Metra
that will adapt to your system. I can't say what will interchange as far
as from other Ford cars/trucks because I don't know which system you have.
If you have Premium sound any other DIN sized Premium sound Ford radio that
uses spring clips to hold it into the dash should work in it.
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- 09-27 04:07 AM #1Guest
Alternate radio for 94 Explorer XLT
I just picked up a 94 Explorer XLT. I noticed that the radio is very
similar to the one I had in my 93 Mark VIII. My question is - is there
another radio from any newer Ford vehicle that will fit in the same
space, using existing wiring? In other words, a better, newer unit where
all I have to do is pretty much just swap the units? Anything with a
built-in CD player? Got a limited budget here. I'm sure I can pick one
up from a junk yard, if such a beast exits. Thanks in advance.
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- 09-29 12:20 AM #2FordBlueBloodGuest
Re: Alternate radio for 94 Explorer XLT
- 09-29 03:56 AM #3PlasydGuest
Re: Alternate radio for 94 Explorer XLT
Walmart sells wiring tails, and kits to install just about any radio into
your rig. I installed a CD player I had lying around the house into my
Ranger using those resources, and had it installed myself in under 30
minutes. However, will need to install two speakers behind the seats. Does
anyone know if the wires are already run back there? My Ranger is an '03.
Plasyd
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- 09-29 12:42 PM #4JohnGuest
Re: Alternate radio for 94 Explorer XLT
One thing to watch out for - the later Explorer original equipment
radios had a problem that caused the display to go blank. I'm not
sure what years were involved, but you could do a Google search about
radio displays and find the information.
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- 09-29 10:22 PM #5MikeGuest
Re: Alternate radio for 94 Explorer XLT
In article <supernews.com>,
FordBlueBlood <com> wrote:
If you had one of the better radios in a '94, you probably have an amplifier
in the right rear fender area. With an aftermarket system you will need to
pull the plastic trim and bypass the amp. You can get a bypass connector
from Crutchfield, along with the adapter to adapt a aftermarket radio
to the Explorer wiring harness.
The alternative to bypassing the amp is running new speaker wires.
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- 10-20 01:35 AM #6AmyGuest
Re: Alternate radio for 94 Explorer XLT
The premium sound systems do have amplifiers. What I found works best is a
little workaround I devised. I have been told that many times, factory
speakers are a different ohms rating than aftermarket speakers or radios.
Therefore if you bypass the factory amp in favor of the one included in the
new aftermarket unit, the ohms ratings may be different and the sound
quality not as good. Since the factory amp and speakers are matched ohms, I
decided not to bypass the factory amp, but to bypass the amp in my new
aftermarket unit. If you have a new unit with RCA or pre-amp outputs, you
can go to radio shack and buy some RCA to Speaker Level cables. These have
RCA connectors on one end and speaker wires on the other. I used the RCA
ends on the preamp outs on the aftermarket unit, and the speaker level wires
to connect to the speaker wires on my wiring harness adapter. The sound
quality is quite good.
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